Reports to Dewan Negara | Term length Elected upon a vacancy | |
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Style Tuan Yang di-Pertua (formal)
Tuan Speaker (informal and within the House) Member of Committee of Selection,
Standing Orders Committee,
House Committee,
Committee of Privileges Appointer Elected by members of the Dewan Negara Constituting instrument Federal Constitution of Malaysia | ||
The President of the Dewan Negara (Malay: Yang di-Pertua Dewan Negara) is the presiding officer of the Dewan Negara, the upper house of the Parliament of Malaysia.
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The President of the Dewan Negara is created under Article 56 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The office is similar to the Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat: the President is elected by the members of the Dewan Negara and is expected to be politically impartial. If a member of the Dewan Negara is elected as the President and is a member of a state legislative assembly, he must resign from the assembly before exercising the functions of the office. As the President may hold different titles while in office, it also changes the style. The current President is Datuk SA. Vigneswaran. Therefore while in session, the Senators will call him as 'Datuk Yang di-Pertua' (Datuk President) or 'Tuan Yang di-Pertua' (Mr. President).
Functions
The main functions of the President of the Dewan Negara are:
List of Presidents of the Dewan Negara
As of 2015, all Presidents of the Dewan Negara won unopposed in the presidential election.